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World map for the Cold War period (and beyond) This map attempts to show all border changes during the Cold War period and beyond. The changing boundaries of the international system are represented with a "lifetime" for each country, i.e. a start and end year.
Maps of Cold War era (1945-1991) alliances, Post-Cold War geopolitics, boundaries, and chokepoints. Includes 2024 NATO member states.
Learn what the political map of Europe looked like in the cold war era in this historical map quiz.The Cold War was a political conflict between the United States and its allies in Western Europe on one side and the USSR and its sphere of influence in the East.
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
In 1949, the USA set up the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), which is an intergovernmental military alliance. The treaty was signed by the following European members: UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Portugal and Italie.
Explore the geopolitical landscape of Europe during the Cold War from 1947 to 1991. Navigate through interactive historical maps to understand the ideological divisions, alliances, and conflicts that defined this era on The Map as History platform.
Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean (7 October 1949 - NATO and the Two Germanys: On 4 April 1949 the United States and its European allies formed the NATO alliance to counter the Soviet Union. On 12 May the Soviets ended the Berlin blockade.
The Cold War from 1947 to 1948 is the period within the Cold War from the Truman Doctrine in 1947 to the incapacitation of the Allied Control Council in 1948. The Cold War emerged in Europe a few years after the successful US–USSR–UK coalition won World War II in Europe, and extended to 1989–1991.
The Berlin Crisis (1948-1949) This map is part of a series of 9 animated maps showing the history of The Cold War and Confrontation between East and West 1947-1991. At the end of the Second World War and Germany’s defeat, vast areas of its territory east of the Oder-Neisse Line were amputated.
This map illustrates which states in Europe belonged to NATO or the Warsaw Pact military alliance. The white states were neutral. This map illustrates the infamous Iron Curtain and the split between West and East.
